Matt and Danny have five days to put together their first show, which is receiving enormous media attention. Harriet tries her best to work with Matt, with whom she’s recently broken up.
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While the cast goes through rehearsals with LAUREN GRAHAM (recurring guest star as herself - "Gilmore Girls," "Bad Santa") and musician STING (himself), a reporter named Martha O’Dell (recurring guest star CHRISTINE LAHTI - "Chicago Hope," "Jack & Bobby")
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The production goes haywire when the propmasters and cue card workers stage a last-minute wildcat strike. ALLISON JANNEY ("The West Wing," "American Beauty") is the guest host of the sketch show.
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Savvy new network president Jordan McDeere (series star AMANDA PEET) inherits a massive public relations problem on the series--on her very first day of work--when executive producer Wes Mendell (JUDD HIRSCH) sparks a media frenzy by having an on-air melt
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As he helps prepare the holiday show, Matt remains determined to bring the Christmas spirit to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Danny wrestles with his true feelings for Jordan.
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Jordan experiences major problems with her pregnancy. Simon loses his temper with the press. And flashbacks continue to reveal how Matt and Danny got fired from the show five years ago.
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While the cast members work through the show despite being ravaged by a virus, Matt must survive the week with a new and much smaller writing staff. Meanwhile, Jordan tells Danny that she is pregnant.
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In the first part of three, the cast and staff come back from holiday to prepare for the first show of the New Year. Matt bids online for a date with Harriet, not realizing that this is the beginning of the end, and Danny is in full pursuit of Jordan.
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Jordan experiences an emergency with her pregnancy during the live show. Meanwhile, an even larger crisis is unfolding for Tom. And Matt’s pill use is discovered.
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Jack has to get Tom out of a small-town jail in order for him to make it back for the show that night. Meanwhile, tensions rise between Matt and Harriet. Recurring guest star JOHN GOODMAN appears as Judge Robert Bebe.
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